Photographer's Note

This is the Alexandria Corniche taken from my hotel window. There was a terrace further behind me but it had the hotel sign blocking 1/2 this view. Taken late afternoon. Hand held. The corniche is a major arterial road and pedestrian access along the beachside esplanade of this city of 5 million. Alexandria was founded by Alexandra the Great.

This was an awakening!
It was not my impression of Alexandria!
This modern, busy city is a long way from its historical presence!
You did use a great vantage point to capture this vast, bird's-eye view in a very pleasing arc around the bay. The light was fading and, hand held was difficult for perfect sharpness but it is still a great overview of the city.

HI Chris,great view of the corniche from your hotel, always full of cars in every moment,i been there me too and i remember well the confusion and the noise. Nice atmopshere of the evening and perfect sharpness despite the difficult light and without tripod. Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano

Hello Chris,
I was also thrown out of the site for a few days. It is still not in a perfect shape, but I'll make an attempt to post this. It's a great view of the wide, curving street and I can imagine the noise of all the honking horns of each and every car. I hope you managed to get some sleep. I really like the blueish tones of the early evening, interspersed with the yellow light from the lamps.
Best regards,
Gert

Hello Chris, very good photo of this interesting scene of daily life with the traffic of the city, very well captured in this interesting image, with good clarity, light, color and quality. A great job perfectly done, my congratulations, my friend. Thank you for sharing this interesting work.

Good night and happy week.
All the best from the south of Spain.
Angel.

Hi Chris
oh i love this...probably even more so than the typical Egyptian sort of scenes tourists take. It would be fun to see Alexandra's expression seeing this city today haha.
love these city scenes with long roads and seeing the styles of architecture. Reminds me alot of Valetta, Malta actually. Fine post from your hotel, even if it isn't 100% clear, who cares in this case, the view is great. cheers
Craig

Hi Chris
Chaos!!!! and lots of shouting I think tat certainly is one heck of a jam. Great insight here and successfully encapsulates all the elements you wanted to show of a beautiful coloured image with great detail and textures as seen from your very best shooting point. Excellent deep shot! and tfs, Congrats.
Best wishes

Hi Chris,
Alexandria's heavy traffic. I never been in Alexandria by I visited Cairo and remember so many cars on the street. It was challenge to cross the street.
Good daily life shot with local architecture. Well done!
Cheers,
Zbigniew

Hello Chris,
It was a nice time of the day when the lights come on but there is still enough natural light for a handheld photo. You caught a nice view of the corniche with all the characteristics of Middle Eastern traffic.
Regards,
MT